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Yanda Erlich has now cofounded four venture-backed startups. He’s been an angel investor, and a partner at a venture capital firm. Now he’s going at it again with a company that provides the best development tools for creating the next generation of software. On the Dealmakers Show, Erlich talked about going from operator to investor and back again. Including different types of acquisitions, raising hundreds of millions for startups, what investors are looking for in a fundable company, and how he’s helping empower developers in the AI and machine learning space.
Yan-David (Yanda) Erlich has cofounded four venture backed startups. He’s been an angel investor, and a partner at a venture capital firm. Now he’s going at it again as an executive with a company that provides the best development tools for creating the next generation of software.
On the Dealmakers Show Erlich talked about going from operator to investor and back again. Including different types of acquisitions, raising hundreds of millions for startups, what investors are looking for in a fundable company, and how he’s helping empower developers in the AI and machine learning space.
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Finding A Love For Programming And Business
Yanda Erlich was born in Paris, France. He says he is incredibly fortunate to have a great relationship with his parents and brother through until today.
When he was nine years old they moved across the Atlantic to Austin, Texas. That certainly brought its fair share of culture shock and challenges. Including having to learn a whole new language.
While it may not have been all fun as a child, he now appreciates it as one of the most formative experiences of his life.
Yanda’s father was in computers his whole career. Starting out as a software engineer in the oil and gas industry, and ultimately becoming the CIO. His dad was hugely influential in his life. Including bringing home his first computer when Yanda was just 10 years old.
He began by just playing games. Then he learned a variety of programming languages. That ability to create things from nothing, from imaging them to making them real with a few taps on a keyboard got him hooked. He’s never looked back since.
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Studying Computer Science At Rice University
This passion took him to study computer science at Rice University. Which then took him to work at Microsoft.
However, at some point Erlich says that he discovered that he loved working with people that worked with computers, more than just working with the computers themselves.
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